Anhui province has increased farm output and provided jobs for people in Zimbabwe by launching agricultural investment projects in the African nation.

Zhou Shiqi, deputy-director of the Anhui Provincial Agricultural Commission, said Anhui's farming program in Zimbabwe, which began in December 2010 as a "going out" project, has been warmly welcomed by the Zimbabwean government and local residents.

The three-phase project aims to help cultivate 500,000 hectares of land.